Infill

Jan Vormann has injected humour into the idea of urban infill in Berlin. The artist, colleagues and friends set about filling the shelled and pock-marked facades of the city using multicoloured Lego pieces. The result is mildly provocative, but mostly just fun, as far as I can see.

Long

From days visiting the Tate on Millbank in London come memories of the work of Richard Long. Enigmatic strings of words in Gill Sans, perhaps a photograph - all that remained of artworks that consisted of using his feet, and walking. Later work became more tangible, geometric and gallery-friendly.

Over at the Guardian is a fine introduction to Long's peripatetic work, recognised as being at once conceptual and unpretentious. This can be ascribed to (literally) grounding his work. However, it is more than this - it is his respectful uncovering of the Englishman's primitive connection to the land and the marks made on it, whether through labour or ritual.

An architectural inspiration.

Things

Increasingly enjoying the sliced opinion and snapshots of Things magazine, and their regular posts. I might call it 'a sideways look at web presences' if it didn't sound cliched.

It's over here.

Kropilak

Branislav Kropilak's stunning large format photographs are now available at what an email confirms as 'affordable' prices. Last time direct contact with him was the only way to check prices, but they are well worth pursuing.

The photographs of everyday modernity have a distinctive graphic quality, taking in subjects as diverse as car parks, planes, trains and billboards. Explore the full set here.

Dialect

Assembled and published by the British Library a record of England's regional dialects makes fascinating listening. A Google map allows easy connection to the range of sounds and vocabulary of our people. The north has a noticeably denser concentration of flags, perhaps indicating the persistent, distinctive and subtly different intonations of our northern industrial towns, it seems.

Covers

Over at Flickr is a really well produced set of CD artwork by Littlepixel reimagined as 'Pelican' book covers. Proof that good graphic design, like a great piece of songwriting, can be reinterpreted and retain the key qualities that make it great.

A favourite? Probably Unknown Pleasures.

Short

Simple feelgood filmmaking. Signs by Patrick Hughes.

Thanks to SwissMiss.